The positive return in October was largely due to the 1.9% return in Australians shares and the depreciation of the Australian dollar limiting the loss experience by inte...
Median growth superannuation funds performed well in the September quarter thanks to strong international shares and have mostly recovered losses experienced in February ...
Strong listed share market returns were the main drivers of growth fund performance during August with Australian shares returning 3% and international shares returning 5...
Zenith Investment Partners has promoted Chat West’s head of research, Ian Fryer, to the position of general manager – Chant West. ...
Despite losing 0.5% for the financial year growth funds have had an “excellent year” as international shares were up 3.6% in hedged terms and 5.2% in unhedged terms, acco...
Research and ratings house Zenith Investment Partners has achieved what amounts to a reverse listing by acquiring publicly-listed Chant West Holdings....
Superannuation funds may be opting for rapid out of cycle devaluations of their unlisted assets, but major ratings house, Chant West, argues those unlisted assets are sti...
The decision by the owners of research and ratings house Zenith to call off their bid for Chant West has resulted in the initiation of court action....
Research and ratings house Zenith has expanded its reach into the superannuation sphere via the acquisition of Chant West....
Geopolitics will be an ongoing source of volatility for markets but there are opportunities for advisers to find assets that will generate investment returns that clients...
A number of retail funds had a good year in terms of 2019 performance but industry funds have continued to dominate over the past 10 years....
Returns have been significantly better than expected at the start of the year and October returns benefited from positive global share markets, according to Chant West. ...
After 10 consecutive positive financial year returns, super funds saw a mixed start to 2019/20 due to the market’s response to the US/China trade war....
A super fund investing in index funds has beaten the best-performing super funds with returns of 10 per cent per annum....
The December 2018 quarter may have been bleak for superannuation funds, but shares have since rebounded over the March 2019 quarter to offset prior losses, new research f...
trustees are already requesting such confirmations when advisory fees (even via fixed term agreements) are deducted from...
CSLR should be broken down into 2 sub sectors, one for product manufacturers and one for financial advisers. Product ma...
We must stand up and show our opposition to both the ASIC Levy and CSLR as they both contribute to the high cost of advi...